More Women Are Watching Porn, And What (And Where) They're Watching May Surprise You

New PornHub stats gathered by Mic found that more women are watching porn, New York reports. Twenty-four percent of their millennial users are women, a slightly higher proportion than older users, where only 21 percent are female. We log on for about 10 minutes on average (9:10 for millennials and 10:15 for older users), although I've never timed myself so I have no idea if that sounds right. It also turns out that millennials are most likely to watch porn on their phones, which I find baffling because there is nothing more annoying then watching a tiny porn screen on something you need to hold.

Is that really the best thing you can think of to do with your hands? Hold a damn phone? I have other uses for mine, thanks. But generally I was really pleased with what I learned, because I am both a woman and a very regular porn watcher. I know some of my female friends are the same, but unfortunately there's still a weird taboo around women admitting they masturbate, and even more so around admitting that they watch porn. (And I like, really watch it.) Well, time to get over that. Here are seven things you should know about women and porn.

6. Porn for women, and feminist porn, are becoming more popular

But they're not exactly the same thing. As Rebecca Santiago at Bustle explains, "Because female empowerment is an important focus of feminist pornography (duh), it could be described as a type of porn for women. But the wider umbrella of 'porn for women' doesn’t necessarily share those same goals of empowerment through bucking the mainstream – in fact, a porno for women could easily play right into preconceived notions of gender and sexuality."